Simulated masonry wall



Sept. 20, 1949. I F. P. PETRAS 2,482,556

S IMULATED MASONRY WALL 2 Sheets-Sheet l FiledApril 14, 1948 Frank P.Perms INVENTOR.

Sept. 20, 1949. F. P. PETRAs SIMULATED MASONRY WALL '2 Sheets-Sheet 2Filed April 14, 1948 Fig.6.

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Frank P. Perms INVENTOR.

Atmgs Patented Sept. 20, 1949 2,432,553; tin msomir,petrasfltiasuiyqoii'i l f" jlipiineatioiia rii 14,1948r3bflll NormanThis invention relates wall constructed therefrom and has for itsprimary object to permit a person quickly and economically to constructa building, such as a dwelling.

Another object is to avoid the necessity of employing skilled labor inconstructing a wall and at the same time to apply a suitable finish toeach section of the wall as it is constructed.

The above and other objects may be attained by employing this inventionwhich embodies among its features courses of rectangular building unitshaving spaced vertical core openings extending therethrough, each unithaving a roughened exterior surface and a coating of colored cement onthe exterior surface of the wall constructed of such unit.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a building unit embodying the featuresof this invention showing the finish coating omitted;

Figure 2 is a perspective view similar to Figure 1 showing the finishcoating covering the complete exposed surface of the building unit;

Figure 3 is aview similar to Figure 2 illustrating a face having atransverse groove extending therethrough;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figures 2 and 3 illustrating the facehaving a longitudinal groove therethrough;

Figure 5 is a view similar to those just described illustrating anotherpattern of groove in the face of the block;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view of a wall constructed according to thisinvention before the joints therein has been filled;

Figure 7 is a view similarto Figure 6 of the finished wall, and;

Figure 8 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially along theline 8--8 of Figure '7.

Referring to the drawings in detail a building unit designated generallyI0 is formed of spaced parallel side walls [2 and M which are held inspaced parallel relation by transversely extending webs l6 formingopenings which extend throughout the entire height of the building unit.The outer face of the side wall I2 is preferably roughened by scratchingor the like as at l8, and cemented to the roughened scratched surface I8is a finish coat 20 preferably composed of a cementitious materialcontaining a to a building unit and one]. (or. fist) coloring matterwhich will give it the appearance a of natural stone. In some instancesthe coating or facing material 20 will be provided with a ttansverselyextending groove 22 as illustrated in Figure 2 and in other instancesthe face will be provided with the longitudinally extending groove 24 asillustrated in Figure 4. In order to afford still further variations ofpattern, the face 20 of still other units will be provided with alongitudinal groove 26 with which a transversely extending groove 28communicates at one end while its opposite end opens through an adjacentside edge of the face as will be readily understood upon reference toFigure 5. These grooves when exposed in a. simulated masonry wall willrepresent wall joints.

A group of units having the various different grooves and grouping ofgrooves in their faces 20 are laid in courses as illustrated in Figure 6to form a wall with the horizontal joints between the courses laid inmortar 30 while the ends of the units are arranged in abutting relationwith mortar 32 therebetween as in conventional walls. The grooves in thefaces 20 are arranged to form a definite pattern as will be readilyunderstood upon reference to Figure 6, and where certain of the groovesalign with the mortar joints 30 and 32, the mortar joints are preferablyfilled with plastic material as at 34 (Fig. '7) to create the effect ofa wall laid from irregularly shaped stones. The plastic material 34 ofcourse is colored to match the color of the coating on the faces of theblocks or units l0, and when the wall is completed it will present apleasing exterior.

Obviously, by proper selection and matching of the faces 20, and fillingcertain of the joints between the building units with the cementitiousmaterial colored to match the faces of the blocks, many varied andpleasing patterns of wall structure may be produced.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changesin the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resortedto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention asclaimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is In a simulatedmasonry wall including a plurality of horizontal courses of superimposedblocks of similar length, the blocks being spaced by horizontal andvertical mortar joints, the vertical mortar joints of one course beingstaggered with respect to the vertical mortar joints of adjacentcourses, at least one of said courses having a pair of adjacent blockswith plain faces and each of said courses having at least one block witha vertical Broove dividing the block into first and second plain facedsections, each vertical groove representing a wall joint and being inalignment with a vertical mortar joint of an adjacent course, the plainfaces and the plain faced sections being of similarly coloredcementitious material, a, plastic material of a color similar to thecementitious material covering the vertical mortar joint betweenadjacent blocks with the plain faces and with the plainfaces simulatinga horizontally elongated block, theflrst 10 section of a verticallygrooved block in one course being vertically aligned with the secondsection of a vertically grooved block in an adjacent course, and aplastic material, colored isimilar tc'ithe; first-mentioned plasticmaterial, covering the 7 horizontal mortar joint betweenth'e"a1ignedse'c'- tions and with the aligned sectionssimulating aacross. a

vertically elongated block extending horizontal mortar joint.

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